132,000₽ High Roller
Day 2 Started
2017 PokerStars Festival Sochi
132,000₽ High Roller
Day: 2
Team PokerStars Pro Igor Kurganov Eyes Deep PokerStars Festival Sochi High Roller Run
Team PokerStars Pro Igor Kurganov will start fourth in chips when the PokerStars Festival Sochi High Roller Day 2 gets underway later today.
Kurganov enjoyed the good and the bad of tournament poker on Day 1. On his first bullet he quickly tripled his stack before clashing with Andrey Andreev for a tournament chip lead pot to bust. However he soon grew his second bullet and is now looking to capitalise on that and find his way to a deep run.
Meanwhile Andreev soared even further ahead over the rest of Day 1's play and is only joined by Vanush Mnatcakanian in having a stack in excess of 300,000.
There are currently 26 players left, and with just 13 places paid half of the remaining players will go away empty hands. A min-cash is worth 225,000 RUB while first prize is a whopping 3,000,000 RUB.
Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the action live from the Sochi Casino & Resort as we get one step closer to crowning a High Roller champion today.
Day 2 Seat Draw (full)
| TABLE | SEAT | PLAYER | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Vadim Kuvshynov | 78200 |
| 1 | 3 | Konstantin Morozov | 1300 |
| 1 | 4 | Kiryl Radzivonau | 174000 |
| 1 | 5 | Mikhail Sokolov | 109500 |
| 1 | 6 | Oleg Lipkin | 120700 |
| 1 | 7 | Vanush Mnatcakanian | 331700 |
| 1 | 8 | Andrey Andreev | 347200 |
| 2 | 1 | Timofey Asmolov | 42300 |
| 2 | 2 | Pavel Veksler | 131100 |
| 2 | 3 | Mikhail Surin | 100200 |
| 2 | 4 | Vladimir Demenkov | 36900 |
| 2 | 5 | Karen Harutyunyan | 125800 |
| 2 | 6 | Denis Timofeev | 44000 |
| 2 | 8 | Yakov Oranskiy | 93700 |
| 3 | 2 | Taron Gasparyan | 72600 |
| 3 | 3 | Siarhei Chudapal | 94600 |
| 3 | 5 | Aslan Daurov | 130800 |
| 3 | 6 | Dmitriy Chop | 50000 |
| 3 | 7 | Dmitriy Semenov | 65400 |
| 3 | 8 | Igor Kurganov | 175000 |
| 4 | 1 | Alexsey Zaragatskiy | 155000 |
| 4 | 2 | Sergey Fedorov | 26500 |
| 4 | 3 | Denis Kushnerov | 95200 |
| 4 | 5 | Dmitrii Deviatov | 179700 |
| 4 | 6 | Daniil Gavrilov | 60100 |
| 4 | 8 | Alexandr Gorbachev | 69500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
347,200 | |
|
331,700 | |
|
179,700 | |
|
175,000 | |
|
174,000 | |
|
|
155,000 | |
|
131,100 | |
|
|
130,800 | |
|
125,800 | |
|
|
120,700 | |
|
|
109,500 | |
|
100,200 | |
|
95,200 | |
|
94,600 | |
|
|
93,700 | |
|
78,200 | |
|
|
72,600 | |
|
|
69,500 | |
|
|
65,400 | |
|
|
60,100 | |
|
|
50,000 | |
|
44,000 | |
|
42,300 | |
|
36,900 | |
|
|
26,500 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Konstantin Morozov First Elimination of the Day
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Konstantin Morozov came back today with 1,300 chips, slightly more than the small blind.
In one of the first hands of the day he got his remaining chips in and was eliminated.
There are 25 players left in the PokerStars Festival Sochi High Roller. There was no redraw last night, so a redraw will take place at 24, 16 and 9 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Mikhail Surin Chips Up
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
On an 
flop Mikhail Surin check-called a bet of 6,000 from Yakov Oranskiy. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river was the 
and Surin checked to Oranskiy who bet 14,000. Surin released his hand and his opponent chipped up.
It looked like Alexandr Gorbachev and Igor Kurganov were enjoying an early lie-in, but Kurganov has just taken his seat in the High Roller. Gorbachev's seat is the only empty one currently.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000 | 26,300 |
|
|
85,000 | -15,200 |
Denis Timofeev Elimianted by Timofey Asmolov
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
On an 
flop Denis Timofeev was all in with 
for a flush draw agains tthe 
of Timofey Asmolov. The turn and river both bricked and Timofeev was sent to the rail.
The remaining 24 players are redrawing around three tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 | 47,700 |
|
|
Busted |
Final Three Table Seating Draw
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Taron Gasparyan | 40,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Andrey Andreev | 260,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Vadim Kuvshynov | 70,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Siarhei Chudapal | 120,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Mikhail Surin | 98,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Karen Harutyunyan | 130,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Denis Kushnerov | 53,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Alexandr Gorbachev | 60,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Dmitrii Deviatov | 190,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Aslan Daurov | 130,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Kiryl Radzivonau | 160,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Sergey Fedorov | 27,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Daniil Gavrilov | 119,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Vanush Mnatcakanian | 330,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Mikhail Sokolov | 205,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Alexsey Zaragatskiy | 140,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Vladimir Demenkov | 30,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Igor Kurganov | 145,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Yakov Oranskiy | 105,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Pavel Veksler | 110,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Dmitriy Semenov | 85,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Oleg Lipkin | 118,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Dmitriy Chop | 77,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Timofey Asmolov | 90,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000 | -1,700 |
|
|
260,000 | -87,200 |
|
|
205,000 | 95,500 |
|
|
190,000 | 10,300 |
|
|
160,000 | -14,000 |
|
|
145,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
140,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 4,200 |
|
|
130,000 | -800 |
|
|
120,000 | 25,400 |
|
|
119,000 | 58,900 |
|
|
118,000 | -2,700 |
|
|
110,000 | -21,100 |
|
|
105,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
98,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
90,000 | |
|
|
85,000 | 19,600 |
|
|
77,000 | 27,000 |
|
|
70,000 | -8,200 |
|
|
60,000 | -9,500 |
|
|
53,000 | -42,200 |
|
|
40,000 | -32,600 |
|
|
30,000 | -6,900 |
|
|
27,000 | 500 |
Early Double For Vladimir Demenkov
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
At the redraw Vladimir Demenkov was one of the shortest players with just 30,000. He moved all in from under the gun and Timofey Asmolov called in the big blind.
Vladimir Demenkov: 
Timofey Asmolov: 
The board ran out 
and Demenkov doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
60,000 | -30,000 |
Asmolov Coming Back; Vadim Kuvshynov Doubles Up
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
After doubling up Vladimir Demenkov a short while ago, Timofey Asmolov raised to 5,600 from the cutoff. Igor Kurganov then three-bet from the small blind and Demenkov four-bet to 45,600. Kurganov folded.
Meanwhile at a neighbouring table Andrey Andreev limped on the button and Vadim Kuvshynov raised to 10,000 in the small blind. Andreev called.
The flop came 
and Kuvshynov checked to Andreev who moved all in. Kuvshynov called for his last 50,000.
Andrey Andreev: 
Vadim Kuvshynov: 
The turn was the 
and the river the handing Kuvshynov the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 | -60,000 |
|
|
130,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
120,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
75,000 | 15,000 |